Dr. Mei is a Senior Lecturer in Finance at Adelaide University. Prior to joining University of Adelaide, he was a Lecturer in Finance at University of Auckland and earned a PhD in Finance from the University of Queensland. Dr. Mei's broad research interest is corporate finance, such as corporate innovation, managerial compensation and contracting, financial technology, and mutual fund etc. His papers have been published in top journals, such as Organization Science (FT-50, UTD-24, A*), European Accounting Review (A*), and Journal of Business Finance and Accounting (A*). His managerial contracting research paper has been featured in media, such as MIT Sloan Management Review. 
 
His researches have also secured a few research grants, such as 2025 AFAANZ Research Grant and Macoun Research Scholar Grant. 
 
His papers have also been presented at many prestigious finance conferences, including the Financial Management Association (FMA) Annual Meeting, FMA Asia-Pacific Conference, Financial Institute Research Network (FIRN) Conference, Southwestern Finance Association (SWFA) Annual Meeting, Asian Finance Association (Asian FA) Conference, Australasian Finance and Banking Conference (AFBC), etc. Additionally, he received the Best Paper Awards at the 2025 & 2019 Asian FA conferences.